22 May 2013

When the current head of the central government's liaison office, Zhang Xiaoming, arrived in December, he was welcomed for his fresh approach, which included a willingness to sound off in public...

2:53AM
19 May 2013

The hearing of the Legislative Council's Public Accounts Committee to question Tong and his successor, Simon Peh Yun-lu, was meant to run for four hours but ended after Tong gave evidence for less...

10:34AM
19 May 2013

At a Legislative Council committee hearing into his hospitality spending, Tong attributed the higher entertainment bills racked up during his five-year tenure at the Independent Commission Against...

5:55AM
19 May 2013

It would not be surprising if the first Legco probe into the controversy surrounding Timothy Tong Hin-ming is seen as a failure. Defending himself for the first time in public yesterday, the...

3:55AM
18 May 2013

Former ICAC chief Timothy Tong Hin-ming spent HK$100,000 of public money on a reception at The Peak in one of two lavish dinners he will face questions over in the Legislative Council today.

4:57AM
15 May 2013

The city's anti-graft agency said last night it will launch a corruption investigation into its former chief Timothy Tong Hin-ming. He becomes the first head of the graft-busting agency to face a...

9:03AM

Corruption complaints that are deemed "pursuable" - excluding election-related cases - account for 70 per cent to 80 per cent of all reports the ICAC receives every year, a review of its annual...

7:55AM

The Independent Commission Against Corruption has long been one of Hong Kong's most cherished institutions, credited with helping turn the city from one of Asia's most corrupt into one of its...

6:05AM

Former chief secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang has drawn her own conclusions from the official figures revealing the lavish spending. "The position of ICAC commissioner demands someone who has...

5:57AM

Pro-establishment lawmakers are expected to dominate a new Legislative Council select committee that will examine former ICAC chief Timothy Tong Hin-ming's allegedly lavish spending during his...

5:24AM

A lawmaker urged the tight-lipped Customs and Excise Department to explain why Tong could borrow a plane from the Government Flying Service to entertain visiting mainland officials in 2004, as...

5:48AM

During the past week or so, we have witnessed several seemingly unrelated incidents that, upon reflection, share a common thread - competitiveness.

5:00AM

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